Re: Seeking advice.... and lots of it!

[Mario Estevez <mestevez@logistix.com>]

Please send me any information you have on the repackaged Castrol stuff.



Thanks


SuperMario

Kevin Wenzel wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Ken Buck wrote:
>
> > I have used DOT 5 for two years now and swear by it.  The reason I
> > say to replace all the brake components is that you do not want to
> > mix 3 or 4 with DOT 5.  If your system has Dot 3 or 4, you need to
> > realy flush out everything with Dot 5.  It is worth it from a
> > performance advantage.
>
> DOT 5 fluid has much higher dry and wet boiling points, but it has
> some problems - not the least of which being compressibility that
> varies with temperature and altitude.  The only reason to use DOT 5
> is this - it doesn't eat paint like DOT 3/4 does.  See this URL for
> a better explanation:
>
> http://alicudi.usc.edu:80/~jan/vw/Brakes/Brake_Fluids
>
> It's not hard to get DOT 3/4 fluid that performs perfectly well - I
> use Castrol GTLMA; if you really want something serious, get the Ford
> heavy duty stuff - it's just repackaged Castrol racing stuff (I might
> be able to find a PN# if people want it).
>
> Kevin Wenzel
> 1981 VW Scirocco S (w/1.8 JH) - DSP #81 (Blix)
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